Rochester Literature Festival

Category: Events

  • Art Display at Strood Library

    The Rochester and West Kent Art Society is exhibiting at Strood Library from Monday, June 3rd to Saturday, June 29th. A number of local artists will be displaying their work, which incorporates a variety of topics and mediums. The exhibition is open from 10am to 3pm daily and you can…

  • Dates for your Diary: Writers’ Rendezvous & Garden Party

    With news that Eastgate House Gardens are off limit for July, due to their renovation work, we’re pleased to announce that the Garden Party will this year be held at The Good Intent pub, John Street, Rochester, on Sunday, July 14th. As the Garden Party is a part of this…

  • The Creative Process: Words and Music

    When composers and writers collaborate, what comes first – the words or music?  To help understand this,  UCF will host a conversation between Mariam Al-Roubi, singer, songwriter and librettist for the opera Mirabai, and its composer, Barry Seaman, on Monday, June 17th at 2.30pm. How does a creative work, such…

  • The Sparky Project – Fuse Festival Workshops

    The Sparky Project, an offshoot of the Imagination Your Nation initiative, has several opportunities coming up as part of their commitment to develop and deliver a wide choice of creative activities to the community. The workshops will give local people the chance to experience, hands on, the art and craft…

  • Higham Writers 5th Showcase

    Higham Writers will be holding their fifth showcase on Friday, June 14th, at Higham Library from 7.30pm. The programme includes a selection of readings from members, featuring plays, anecdotes and memoirs, all aimed at providing an entertaining evening for the audience. Wine and food are included in the £4 ticket…

  • Kaleidoscope at Rochester Art Gallery; Zara Carpenter in the Craft Case

    Photo: Kaleidoscope Collection. Ink 2013. Hand and computer generated images, digitally printed cotton sateen, 100x100cm Neil Bottle Neil Bottle’s exquisite new Kaleidoscope series of printed textiles explores the relationship between digital textile printing and craft printing techniques and has been created especially for this solo exhibition at Rochester Art Gallery. To find…

  • Survived – Chatham Clinic – Open 19th May 2013

    Originally posted on Creatabot: The clinic will be open in Chatham on May the 19th 2013. Book at http://www.survived.eventbrite.co.uk A unique theatre experience is taking place at Sun Pier House, Chatham, on the 19th May. Entitled “Survived”, the event is described as “site responsive interactive theatre”, which means you as…

  • Medway Monday: Rochester Sweeps Festival

    May Day bank holiday weekend brings to us the first of Medway’s major festivals. This is our Artistic Director Phil, with Border Morris side, Wolfshead and Vixen – more photos will follow on Jaye’s blog later, where you can also see pictures from the Jack in the Green Awakening Ceremony…

  • ME4 Writers: The Word Shed at Fuse Festival

    ME4Writers present their collective, collaborative project ‘The Word Shed’ at Fuse Medway Festival. Come and visit The Word Shed, where inside, instead of seeds, pots and a lawnmower, and that drawer full of things that you might need one day, you will find yourself in a blossoming, inspirational world of words. During the festival,…

  • Fabulous opportunity for music lovers at UCF

      Day School: The Development of the Orchestra   Date: Saturday 27 April 2013 | 10am-4pm   Venue: University Centre Folkestone   This fascinating day school explores the development of the orchestra through history, with a study of the instruments and ensembles, and the idea of orchestration. The sound of the…

  • The Literary Potlatch at Strood Library

    For an organization with no budget and not an awful lot of time between us, we were extremely proud to have run another event which far exceeded our expectations. An ancient Native American word, the purpose of a Potlatch was the re-distribution and reciprocity of wealth, with all invited to…

  • Medway Monday

    We’re thrilled to report a fab time had by all at the Potlatch on Saturday – photos, quotes and the truly excellent collective poems will all appear here in due course, but for now, here’s today’s Medway Monday linky: